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Posts tagged with 'crime' at Fanfare.Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:31:17 -0800Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:31:17 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60True Detective: The Secret Fate of All Lifehttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/1109/True%2DDetective%2DThe%2DSecret%2DFate%2Dof%2DAll%2DLife%2DRewatch
<i>Time is a flat circle.</i> The story and its telling deviate explicitly, as Rust and Marty wrap up their respective interviews with Gilbough and Papania by relating the culminating, heroic events of their 1995 investigation and summarizing the subsequent several years. Meet the Yellow King at <a href="http://www.darknessbecomesyou.com/episode-5">Darkness Becomes You</a>. <br>
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Music (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLifPqJLZPQWKHieSrxCKqgUTbBR3FSDkW">playlist</a>)<br>
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The Handsome Family - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4zluA60hjs">Far From Any Road</a> (Opening credits)<br>
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Kris Kristofferson - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIBq1Jkm7YU">Casey's Last Ride</a><br>
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The Kinks - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkBvsBpgGbo">Tired of Waiting for You</a><br>
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Bosnian Rainbows - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srU5osUsn6I">Eli</a>tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.1109Tue, 14 Oct 2014 11:31:17 -0800carsonbTrue Detective: Who Goes Therehttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/1050/True%2DDetective%2DWho%2DGoes%2DThere%2DRewatch
The Detectives jump on the Reggie Ledoux lead, retracing some steps but altogether making progress in a new direction, earning leeway with their commanding officer in the process. But Rust's history and Marty's present personal situation make timely and not-so-timely intrusions (respectively), and the seeming inexorability of their plan to find Ledoux weighs heavy on them both. The episode climaxes with a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_HuFuKiq8U">no-cut, no-edit, 6-minute long hand-held shot.</a> <br>
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Music (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLifPqJLZPQWJhP0z9FcodOyoVNijwaXvD">playlist</a>)<br>
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The Handsome Family - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4zluA60hjs">Far From Any Road</a> (Opening titles)<br>
Bo Didley - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmoFeLBaeCg">Bring It to Jerome</a><br>
Melvins - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUWYzx7pBSw">The Brain Center at Whipples</a><br>
Boogie Down Production - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NiPRQPbM8k">Illegal Business</a><br>
Blind Uncle Gaspard - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_gZydeV_9k">Sur Le Borde De L'Eau</a><br>
Lucinda Williams - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF69TgYVNzk">Are You Alright</a><br>
Slim Harpo - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSl8F4HcoTs">Rainin In My Heart</a><br>
Melvins - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oolwsWexSzQ">History of Bad Men</a><br>
Primus - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1F_88UksxA">American Life</a><br>
Sleep - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka9Bd2G7Syk">Holy Mountain</a><br>
Wu-Tang Clan - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPP3cT0WX9Y">Clan In Da Front</a><br>
Ginderman - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PkJ8LePdrc">Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars)</a>tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.1050Tue, 07 Oct 2014 19:58:49 -0800carsonbTrue Detective: The Locked Roomhttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/987/True%2DDetective%2DThe%2DLocked%2DRoom%2DRewatch
Rust and Marty put off handing the case over to the fly-in boys for as long as possible, following scant leads to remote locations and coming away with a description of the monster at the end of their story as well as a name. A tall man, with facial scars. "Reggie Ledoux." <i>The world needs bad men. We keep the other bad men from the door.</i> - Rust | <i>You just look them in the eyes and the whole story's right there.</i> - Cohle Find the Monster at <a href="http://www.darknessbecomesyou.com/">Darkness Becomes You</a> (bonus media from HBO). <br>
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<a href="https://www.metafilter.com/136264/This-world-is-a-veil-and-the-face-you-wear-is-not-your-own">Via MetaFilter</a>: <blockquote>Last week's episode of True Detective featured a stirring tent-revival sermon from a wildly charismatic preacher [<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924154/">Shea Whigham</a>]. It was heavily edited with dialogue between the stars of the show. Nic Pizzolatto (the writer/creator of the series) thought it so good, he released <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_y5AcBV0x0">the full 6-minute sermon</a> for you to enjoy.</blockquote><br>
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<b>Music</b> (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLifPqJLZPQWK81Kj475ed51HQTCDKo26O">playlist</a>)<br>
The Handsome Family - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4zluA60hjs">Far From Any Road</a><br>
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The Staple Singers - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PsE_CyX108">Stand By me</a><br>
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Buddy Miller and Judy Miller - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF_HTkOp-VY">Does My Ring Burn Your Finger?</a><br>
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Johnny Horton - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hREdQoiNCs8">I'm A One Woman Man</a><br>
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Jo El Sonnier - <a href="http://youtu.be/0M0AMM637s4">Evangeline Special</a><br>
(His version of Yoakam's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIqGUTn9AEU">The Heart That You Own</a> is unlike any other version out there, and sadly not available freely on the Tubes.)<br>
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<b>AMEN!</b>tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.987Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:32:46 -0800carsonbTrue Detective: Seeing Thingshttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/883/True%2DDetective%2DSeeing%2DThings%2DRewatch
The interview continues, Rust and Marty illustrate just how boring and frustrating chasing gossamer leads can be, and we continue to examine their slow drive investigation of Dorie Lang's murder and interpersonal relationships.
<i>&mdash; Days of nothing. That's what it's like to work cases.
Days of... lost dogs.
&mdash; It goes on like that.... you know the job. Lookin' for narrative.
Interrogate witnesses. Partial evidence. Establish a timeline. Build a story.
Day after day. </i> Follow your nose at <a href="http://www.darknessbecomesyou.com/">Darkness Becomes You. </a><br>
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HBO Synopsis for <a href="http://www.hbo.com/true-detective#/true-detective/episodes/1/02-seeing-things/synopsis.html">Seeing Things</a><br>
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<b>Music</b> (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLifPqJLZPQWKnYrt_LQdw53yIKcedmhpY">playlist</a>)<br>
John Lee Hooker - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLPeDU0DUiA">Unfriendly Woman</a><br>
John Lee Hooker - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgBL3FdVr1I">One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer</a><br>
Vashti Bunyan - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIv6fT66WHg">The Train Song</a><br>
McIntosh County Shouters w/ T Bone Burnett - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCCtI2si-ms">Sign of the Judgement</a><br>
Reverend C.J. Johnson and Family - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SPnMmsV67Q">You Better Run To The City of Refuge</a><br>
Steve Earle - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXadVWtS5W8">Meet Me in the Alleyway</a><br>
Cuff the Duke - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5ew2R2zGbY">If I Live or Die</a><br>
The 13th Floor Elevators - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMqD8BvOKiQ">Kingdom of Heaven</a>tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.883Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:50:32 -0800carsonbThe Wire: Port in a Stormhttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/873/The%2DWire%2DPort%2Din%2Da%2DStorm%2DRewatch
After a setback, the Detail scrambles to make the most of a bad situation. For once, interdepartmental communication (or lack thereof) helps the case instead of hindering it. For once, good policing is rewarded with rock solid evidence and suspects in custody. For once, all the police seem to get what they want&mdash;closed cases, busted unions, scrambling crime lords. But for all that finally went right for the Detail, the world continues to turn, criminals adapt, and the scope of what they're fighting to bring to justice just keeps scaling up.tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.873Sun, 21 Sep 2014 20:55:45 -0800carsonbTrue Detective: The Long Bright Darkhttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/826/True%2DDetective%2DThe%2DLong%2DBright%2DDark%2DRewatch
Meet LA State Police Criminal Investigation Division Detectives Martin Eric 'Marty' Hart (Woody Harrelson) and Rustin Spencer 'Rust' Cohle (Matthew McConaughey), both retired from the force, as they each sit down with State CID detectives in 2012 to go over an old homicide case of theirs from 1995 that has mysteriously resurfaced. As Nic Pizzolatto's story seeps slowly out of director Cary Joji Fukunaga's vision of their recollections, dank and withered and burned out hollow, the tale of occult, ritual, (iconic, planned) murder emerges from the jungle of coastal Louisiana like so much aluminum-tinged smoke and ash. <i>People out here, it's like they don’t even know the outside world exists.</i> Put the case together yourself at <a href="http://www.darknessbecomesyou.com/">Darkness Becomes You</a>. <br>
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<a href="http://www.hbo.com/true-detective#/true-detective/episodes/1/01-the-long-bright-dark/synopsis.html">HBO Synopsis</a> for The Long Bright Dark<br>
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<b>Music</b><br>
The Handsome Family - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4zluA60hjs">Far From Any Road</a> (Opening credits)<br>
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Bob Dylan - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yyuqjSVmsU">Rocks &amp; Gravel</a><br>
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The McIntosh Shouters - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCCtI2si-ms">Sign of the Judgement</a><br>
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The Black Angels - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvKjpGP6P5Y">Young Dead Men</a> (End credits)tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.826Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:58:41 -0800carsonbThe Wire: Bad Dreamshttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/818/The%2DWire%2DBad%2DDreams%2DRewatch
As much as they'd like to continue investigating the sprawling criminal activities of the (still largely unknown) Greek, The Detail's hand is forced and with the help of the FBI they break down all the doors they know, gathering evidence and suspects. Valchek finally gets to participate in a very special perp walk. Sobotka eventually visits Ziggy, after a stop at the union hall and a quick trip downtown. Lieutenant Daniels and Omar Little dash off to deliver very personal messages to Landsman and Mouzone, respectively. "I need to get clean." - Sobotkatag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.818Sun, 14 Sep 2014 20:31:17 -0800carsonbThe Wire: Storm Warningshttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/786/The%2DWire%2DStorm%2DWarnings%2DRewatch
Ziggy continues to wreak havoc but this time his unchecked impulsiveness takes him over the line and into a lot of trouble. Trouble that spreads and pools and spatters on everyone. &ndash; Valchek is pissed and brings in the Feds to assist the Detail. The Feds assist the Detail, and Valchek is <i>pissed</i>. &ndash; Just as Stringer's off-brand plan goes into effect, Brother Mouzone arrives to enforce the status quo and so Bodie and crew begin to understand the nature of the new arrangements. "It pays to go with the union card every time." - Ziggy<br>
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Bonus link: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Matthews_(drug_trafficker)">Frank Matthews on Wikipedia. </a>tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.786Thu, 11 Sep 2014 13:02:26 -0800carsonbThe Wire: Stray Roundshttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/746/The%2DWire%2DStray%2DRounds%2DRewatch
Bodie's plan to increase sales backfires tragically. So String's gotta make some tough decisions, change tactics, take account for the inevitable crackdown. With Sobotka and The Greek spooked and ready to turn tail the Detail has to adapt as well. Their investigation feels on target despite a minor tantrum from Valcheck, and when the prostitution investigation goes international inside Freamon's assessment of McNulty's bad accent is spot on. Shooting over to the docks, Ziggy hits a mark with New Charles' new nickname but fires wildly with his game companion and his sideline sideline scheme with Johnny Fifty. And Avon tries dodging a bullet by hiring muscle down from NYC with more bodies on him than a Chinese cemetery. <br>
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"The world is a smaller place now." - The Greektag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.746Sat, 06 Sep 2014 22:30:27 -0800carsonbThe Wire: Duck and Coverhttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/648/The%2DWire%2DDuck%2Dand%2DCover%2DRewatch
Jimmy McNulty, Captain Chesapeake, has stopped bailing and started drinking again and so finds himself sinking quickly to the bottom. He's desperate to get on the detail where they've got every swinging dick setting up The Wire on Sobotka and The Greek, so Daniels puts what little flex he has on Rawls. Turns out McNulty's just the john they were looking for. "How come they don't fly away?" - Ziggy<br>
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Ziggy's emasculation continues apace as he earns another ass-kicking and spends his share from Nick on a lame duck with a diamond necklace. Sobotka pays his bills to keep the phone on, unnecessarily. At his caution, the smuggling goes on hiatus even as the demand for the good drugs straight off the boat increases. <br>
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Eastside grows strong as its superior product pulls the clientele across town. To compensate Bodie attempts to chase the users and expand his territory even though he knows it's going to come back on him hard and fast.<br>
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Fuzzy Dunlop gets a face. And a stipend.tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.648Sat, 23 Aug 2014 06:49:06 -0800carsonbThe Wire: Backwashhttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/629/The%2DWire%2DBackwash%2DRewatch
Through the turmoil of low-end product and family troubles, the Barksdale Organization moves on though in different directions. East-side Joe makes Stringer a Proposition that's hard to refuse, but Avon is adamant. Lester and Bunk put Daniels in a tough spot, setting up their surveillance at the off-site office and pleading to join up their murder investigations with the case against Sobotka. Together with Greggs, Russell, and Prez they delve deeper into the smuggling process, getting a handle on how the operation works. The detail also continues to investigate the prostitution racket and make connections between the drugs and the docks. Herc and Carver meld lo- and hi-tech when they put their layaway wireless mic in a tennis ball and drop it on Frog's corner. They lose their valuable 'informant' almost immediately but gain some important information before 'he' dies under a Mack truck. <br>
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Sobotka continues to pressure his lobbyist to re-open the grain pier AND dredge the channel, but is told that getting his way on both issues is unlikely. He's also feeling pressure from the Black coalition of the IBS local to give up his Sec/Treas chair, but insists he just needs one more year to finish what he started. Union health insurance and job security takes a non-traditional form as Frank scrambles to compensate a dock worker who loses a leg on the job. Where does the money come from, anyway, Frank?<br>
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"Don't worry kid, y'er still on the clock." - Horsefacetag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.629Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:17:01 -0800carsonbThe Wire: All Prologuehttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/615/The%2DWire%2DAll%2DPrologue
Perhaps there's no better description for Omar Little than "a rare pleasure," though anyone on the wrong end of his double-barrel sawed-off court testimony might disagree. Having wrapped up the last Bird of business from before, McNulty drops the search for Jane Doe's real name, retires to the boat, and makes another go of his marriage. "I'm done fucking myself up," he declares, and downs a beer. D'Angelo is also turning over a new leaf in prison, resolving himself to stand up and do his time. His mother and Avon chafe when he rebuff any assistance, and as usual Stringer Bell takes decisive (and divisve) action. <br>
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Ziggy finds new and destructive ways to handle money in the absolute most moronic way possible, taking cues from his father. On the other hand Nick shows his savvy setting Ziggy's affairs with Cheese straight via Prop Joe, and at the same time strikes a sweet deal with Vondas that ostensibly makes everyone happy. <br>
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Bunk joins forces with the detail, having been exiled from Downtown, and he brings along his 14 D.B.s much to Daniels' displeasure. The special unit's technical prowess grows again as they zero in on a pattern of smuggled cans coming off of the ships. <br>
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"It don't matter that some fool say he different..." - D'Angelotag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.615Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:20:18 -0800carsonbThe Wire: Undertowhttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/606/The%2DWire%2DUndertow
Detail work starts in earnest on Sobotka, and Freamon looks to make a connection between Valchek's 'too much money' accusation and his own 14 murder investigations. Dockworkers who worked on that ship get summoned to testify in front of a grand jury. Ziggy continues to spend his easy money recklessly, and Nick is forced to help him deal with the consequences. Omar Little finally comes in to testify against Bird. Feeling the heat from the CID, Sobotka attempts to slow down The Greek's smuggling. Instead, the demand increases as the pull for quality drug product on Baltimore streets intensifies up the supply chain. <br>
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Bunk and Russell get a crash course on how to lose a can on the docks with a computer, Ziggy shows Nick LMGTFY, and the Barksdale crew applies marketing to their economic straits. <br>
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"They used to make steel there, no?" - Vondastag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.606Sun, 17 Aug 2014 19:39:11 -0800carsonbThe Wire: Hard Caseshttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/604/The%2DWire%2DHard%2DCases%2DRewatch
The full extent of Avon's hot shots plan is realized as the authorities look to shave years in exchange for easy answers. D'Angelo hears his cousin's music but refuses to dance. Burrell puts the hard sell on Daniels and keeps him around with the promise of a promotion, a permanent Detail AND the good police he needs to run it. McNulty continues to try to put a name on his 'floater,' and enlists Bubs in the search for Omar. On the docks Nick and Ziggy's sideline smuggling plan went through without a hitch except everyone knows. Frank tells Nick to keep a low profile on the cash they came by, who tells Ziggy the same, who buys an expensive leather coat.<br>
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Daniels gets everyone back on the Detail, except McNulty whose only options are 'quit' and 'drown' per Rawls.<br>
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"If I hear music, I'm gonna dance." - Greggstag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.604Sun, 17 Aug 2014 18:43:33 -0800carsonbThe Wire: Hot Shotshttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/593/The%2DWire%2DHot%2DShots
D'Angelo's discovered heroin in the clink, and Avon sets a plan into motion that he hopes will discourage his cousin's habit as well as push back some against Proposition Joe's expanding territory. Zero progress is the report Prez gives his father-in-law Valchek when asked about how the new detail's case against Sobotka is coming along, and to boot the Southeastern's surveillance van goes on an unauthorized global tour courtesy of IBS chapters around the world. Sobotka gets to the politics part of his union responsibilities, throwing a party at the local parish to glad-hand luminaries like State Senator Clay Davis. His nephew Nick deals with competing responsibilities too as he reconciles the unreliable nature of his employment with providing for his girlfriend and daughter. <br>
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McNulty pushes hard to give at least one of the dead women a name, trying to prevent the corpse's inevitable assignment as a nameless medical school cadaver. His attempt at salvaging his marriage is half as hearted but just as successful. Freamon, Bunk, and Russell continue to follow the prostitution ring, trying to figure out where (and to whom) the women who died in the container were headed. <br>
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"What they need is a union." - Russelltag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.593Sat, 16 Aug 2014 17:36:11 -0800carsonbThe Wire: Collateral Damagehttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/583/The%2DWire%2DCollateral%2DDamage%2DRewatch
The shipping container full of dead women is shrugged off as accidental and everyone still breathing scrambles to cover their own ass and minimize the, well, collateral damage. Everyone except McNulty of course, who pokes his nose into Beadie's "investigation" and sniffs out 13&mdash;make that 14 murders. Daniels puts in notice and looks to pursue a career in lawyering. After ticketing cars at the Union Hall and taking a shaming from Sobotka, Valchek's vendetta gets truly nasty as he goes direct to Police Commissioner-in-Waiting Burrell and requests a detail to take down the IBS union. The detail is assigned with another bunch of overtime mopes and surprise! Prez is in charge! At the same time BPD is forced to take on the murder investigations of the 13 Джейн Doe, landing specifically on Landsman's best men Lester Freamon and Bunk Moreland. They recruit Beadie Russell and chase the scene of the crime to Philadelphia. <br>
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Avon Barksdale continues to deal with the state of his organization, sending Stringer to a new hookup and keeping up with Wee Bey and D'Angelo as they adjust to life inside. To a different perspective on corruption and brutality. <br>
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"They can chew you up but they gotta spit you back out." - McNulty<br>
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<a href="http://www.hbo.com/the-wire#/the-wire/episodes/2/15-collateral-damage/synopsis.html">HBO Synopsis</a>tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.583Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:36:15 -0800carsonbThe Wire: Ebb Tidehttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/565/The%2DWire%2DEbb%2DTide%2DRewatch
Having made their move on Avon Barksdale, The Baltimore Police Department's Drug Detail is decommissioned and its members have been scattered: McNulty's riding a boat in the bay, Daniels is hunkered down in Evidence, Greggs is on desk duty (still can't type!), Herc &amp; Sergeant Carver are back on the beat though in separate divisions, and poor Prez is back in the Southeastern under his father-in-law's thumb. Freamon's with Bunk now, real police in Homicide. This season continues to follow the Barksdale Organization as they adapt to having their leader in jail, opening with their struggles acquiring drugs from NYC. Meanwhile Bunk prepares for the murder trial of Barksdale soldier 'Bird,' hassling McNulty for his supposed eyewitness and lynch pin to the case (not to mention totally crazy stick-up man) Omar Little, who is in the wind. Stringer Bell scrambles to account for lousy product and decreased confidence in the Barksdale Organization product, eventually working at cross-purposes to Avon's machinations from inside the clink.<br>
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But International Brotherhood of Stevedores Secretary &amp; Treasurer Frank Sobotka <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0061777/">Chris Bauer</a> is quickly introduced as a new opponent for BPD and focus shifts to include the trouble brewing in Southeastern District. Rather than the project housing, soldiers, and drugs of season one, season two confronts the BPD with a struggling middle class desperate for work after the collapse of regional industry, unions and the political power they wield, and human trafficking. Sobotka donates a beautiful stained glass window to the local Polish church and in doing so pisses off Major Stan Valchek, who had his own window commissioned as a surprise and subsequently relegated to an upstairs hallway. Sobotka has also taken it upon himself to aid a flagging union by smuggling cargo past customs (pretty much solely represented by eventual Detail member Beadie Russell (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0752407/">Amy Ryan</a>)) for a mysterious and shady Baltimore resident called The Greek, employing his nephew Nick and wild son Ziggy as go-betweens. <br>
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Petty vendettas, troubled families, international crime: A new facet of Baltimore's&mdash;America's&mdash;Humanity's woe is revealed in the Southeastern District as a new case begins. <br>
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"Ain't never gonna be what it was" - Little Big Roytag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.565Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:04:08 -0800carsonbThe Wire: The Costhttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/329/The%2DWire%2DThe%2DCost%2DFirst%2DWatch
With Wallace in custody, McNulty and Daniels try to figure out what to do with him in the months before he testifies. Sydnor and Carver track down one of Barksdale's stash houses, and Prez shows off his 'gift for the paper trail.' (Above from Amazon) Other things:<br>
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- The trouble of having a babymama and a girlfriend<br>
- The trouble of having a clean informant<br>
- Stash house<br>
- Prez on the street<br>
- Orlando talking out his ass<br>
- Buy and bust. BUY AND BUST!<br>
- The trouble of having a family and a job<br>
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<small>Jumping in here, it's been 5 days! Sorry if I'm landing on someone's toes.</small>tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.329Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:40:19 -0800carsonbRectify: Charlie Darwinhttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/288/Rectify%2DCharlie%2DDarwin
Awoken from his coma, Daniel must decide how to deal with the assault. Thankfully, there are doughnuts.tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.288Thu, 03 Jul 2014 21:26:12 -0800homunculusJustified: Riverbrookhttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/271/Justified%2DRiverbrook%2DRewatch
Raylan hunts an escaped prisoner who is determined to reunite with his ex-wife...and his stashed fortune. I like these self-contained episodes that start off the series, it gives you a chance to get a feel for the characters in their everyday work before diving into the more complex overall story. They still work in themes that will appear throughout (Raylan’s disdain for criminal families, especially his own father; Boyd’s hospital bed conversion to a Man of God) but they don’t overwhelm you with story and character right off the bat like some serial dramas (I’m looking at you, Game of Thrones and The Wire.)<br>
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Raylan Body Count remains at 1 from the pilot, with the big kill going to Tim this episode. (Hat tip to <a href="http://fanfare.metafilter.com/246/Justified-Pilot-Rewatch#13755">desjardins</a>)tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.271Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:27:38 -0800InfidelZombieJustified: Pilothttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/246/Justified%2DPilot%2DRewatch
Meet Raylan Givens, a US Deputy Marshall whose gunslinging ways get him reassigned to the last place he wants to go - home to Harlan County, Kentucky. Available for streaming on Amazon Prime.<br>
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In this episode we meet the primary characters we'll follow throughout- Raylan, Boyd, and Ava. I think it is interesting that we meet each through an act of violence that they think is justified - Boyd's reasons are clearly wrong, but I'm not sure Raylan or Ava were clearly in the right. This is a theme that carries through the entire series - just how far can you go and still be justified?<br>
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We also meet some of the major secondary characters - Art, Rachel, and Tim at the Marshall's office, Winona (Raylan's ex-wife), and loser white supremacists Devil and Dewey Crowe (star of my favorite recurring joke in the series, Dewey Doesn't Know How To Turn Off A Car).<br>
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I'm going to shoot to time discussion on this rewatch to end just as the final season starts. Not sure what that date will be, but we're probably looking at posts two to three times a week to get through five seasons in time. Season 5 is not available on Amazon Prime yet, but should be by the time we get to it.tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.246Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:05:46 -0800InfidelZombieThe Wire: The Wirehttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/220/The%2DWire%2DThe%2DWire%2DFirst%2DWatch
Brandon is found. Wallace is unsettled. The detail gets a wiretap running. Daniels clashes with Rawls.tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.220Fri, 20 Jun 2014 06:52:59 -0800BugbreadRectify: Running with the Bullhttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/218/Rectify%2DRunning%2Dwith%2Dthe%2DBull
"Nineteen years ago, Daniel Holden was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Hanna Dean. Thanks to newly discovered DNA evidence and the efforts of his sister Amantha and lawyer, Daniel’s conviction has been vacated. Season 2 of RECTIFY finds Daniel Holden committed to living in the present. Unfortunately, there are many places and faces in his hometown that remind Daniel of the past..."tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.218Thu, 19 Jun 2014 22:22:04 -0800homunculusThe Wire: The Pagerhttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/202/The%2DWire%2DThe%2DPager
Stringer warns D'Angelo that there may be a snitch in his camp. The detail gets its affidavit approved for a cloned pager but are puzzled at the results. Prez begins to redeem himself in the eyes of his colleagues by taking a fresh approach to the pager information. Wallace spots Brandon, one of Omar's crew, in an arcade and passes the information on to the Barksdale enforcers.tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.202Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:08:01 -0800BugbreadThe Wire: Old Caseshttp://fanfare.metafilter.com/175/The%2DWire%2DOld%2DCases
Bodie avoids Herc and Carver. Avon discusses the loss of the pit's stash and puts the word on the street about Omar. McNulty and Moreland investigate an old murder that may be related to D'Angelo. <small>It's been 5 days since the last episode was posted, so I decided to jump in with it. Since I can't access HBOGo, I couldn't use their synopsis, so I tweaked the Wikipedia synopsis to make it less spoilery.</small>tag:fanfare.metafilter.com,2014:site.175Wed, 11 Jun 2014 08:14:48 -0800Bugbread